4/17/00Georgia Board of Regents1 Gathering of State Networks (a.k.a. - A Confederation of Commiseration) Tom Maier Executive Director, OIIT

4/17/00Georgia Board of Regents2 PeachNet - Past Began over 12 years ago focused on delivery of services to USG bridged to routed IP infrastructure First major upgrade completed in 1995 Customer base increase beginning in 1997 –PLS 55 added 55 public libraries –GI added 101 libraries and 160 K-12 Districts

4/17/00Georgia Board of Regents3 PeachNet - Past 1997 began efforts for next major upgrade know as PeachNet 2 PeachNet 2 Upgrade –World-class network to support the advancement of education in Georgia –550 sites including USG, Private Institutions, K-12, Public Libraries

4/17/00Georgia Board of Regents4 PeachNet 2 Robust, IP optimized over ATM switched network OC-12 fiber & OC-3 leased circuits Scalable through OC-48 Supports 56 Kb through OC-3 customer sites Quality of service enabled IP multicast enabled Multi-homed, non-transit AS Two-level hierarchical star with some closed edges

4/17/00Georgia Board of Regents5 PeachNet 2 ATM Switch (Backbone) TCP/IP Router (Demarcation) TCP/IP Router (Backbone) In/Out-of-Band Management Modem Campus Network PeachNet Backbone Network Other PeachNet Customers in this Backbone Service Area Uninterruptible Power Internet Campus

4/17/00Georgia Board of Regents6 PeachNet 2 ATM Core IP/ATM Backbone

4/17/00Georgia Board of Regents7 PeachNet Upgrade Goals Campus Electronic Exchange (CEX) –support for an infrastructure that would: OC-3 ISP Services –completing bid process plus SoX offering

4/17/00Georgia Board of Regents8 PeachNet Services Internet access - educational ISP role –33 of the 34 USG institutions –Advanced networking through SoX Intranet access - between institutions to support –GALILEO, GIL –Desktop Learning Project –G.L.O.B.E., e-Core –GaFIRST (PeopleSoft HRMS and Financials)

4/17/00Georgia Board of Regents9 PeachNet Issues 1. Capacity 2. Availability 3. Management

4/17/00Georgia Board of Regents10 PeachNet 1.5 Threats –Incomplete upgrade –Downsizing –Inadequate Planning –Budgetary –Technical –Staffing

4/17/00Georgia Board of Regents11 PeachNet Budget USG Non-USG FY00 ($12.2M) FY01 ($10.5M) Charge-back funding model moving to ~ 50% base budget funding

4/17/00Georgia Board of Regents12 Org. Chart

4/17/00Georgia Board of Regents13 PeachNet Board of Directors Subcommittee of the ACIT - System CIO Group Advisory to the Vice Chancellor/CIO Membership –ACIT Chair and Chair-Elect –VC/CIO OIIT –2 from Universities –2 from 4-years –2 from 2-years –PN Management (ex officio)

4/17/00Georgia Board of Regents14 BOR/OIIT Planning IT Master Plan Development –Andersen –Central Office focus w/ templates for campuses Benchmarking Study –Pappas Consulting Group, Andersen and MGT –Institutional benchmarking –Management review –Decision support data review

4/17/00Georgia Board of Regents15 Georgia Technology Authority New legislation (signed into law 4/10/00) –create a state IT organization similar to those found in successful Fortune 100 companies –9 member GTA Board composed of private sector technology managers –GTA Board selected state CIO –enforces standards, economies of scale –separate purchasing and funding

4/17/00Georgia Board of Regents16 We have seen the future and it is not what it used to be! Any Questions?